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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this red flag warning at Feb 24, 2012, 2:12 PM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2012, 2:12 PM CST (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1324 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
381 WWUS83 KDDC 242012 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 212 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .MIXING OF STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT TO THE SURFACE ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IN PART OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. RAPIDLY FALLING PRESSURES IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH WINDS SATURDAY. THE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FAVOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. KSZ043-044-062-063-250415- /O.NEW.KDDC.FW.W.0002.120224T2012Z-120225T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0001.120225T1900Z-120226T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-KEARNY-FINNEY- 212 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...2 TO 6 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...NEAR 50 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AND LOW 60S SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS..THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VEGETATION IS FULLY CURED AND WILL BURN EASILY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ KSZ045-061-064-074>078-084>088-250415- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0001.120225T1900Z-120226T0000Z/ NESS-HAMILTON-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 212 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 /112 PM MST FRI FEB 24 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...1 TO 6 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 60S. * IMPACTS..THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VEGETATION IS FULLY CURED AND WILL BURN EASILY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
328 WWUS83 KDDC 242344 RFWDDC URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 544 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .RAPIDLY FALLING PRESSURES IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH WINDS SATURDAY. THE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FAVOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ043-044-062-063-251030- /O.EXP.KDDC.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120225T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0001.120225T1900Z-120226T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-KEARNY-FINNEY- 544 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 063 FINNEY. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH SATURDAY. * TIMING...2 TO 6 PM SATURDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 TO 15 PERCENT SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE LOWER 60S. * IMPACTS..THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VEGETATION IS FULLY CURED AND WILL BURN EASILY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ045-061-064-074>078-084>088-251030- /O.CON.KDDC.FW.A.0001.120225T1900Z-120226T0000Z/ NESS-HAMILTON-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 544 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 /444 PM MST FRI FEB 24 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 045 NESS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 061 HAMILTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 064 HODGEMAN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 074 STANTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 078 FORD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 087 MEADE AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 088 CLARK. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH SATURDAY. * TIMING...1 TO 6 PM SATURDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 TO 15 PERCENT SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AROUND 60 SATURDAY. * IMPACTS..THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. VEGETATION IS FULLY CURED AND WILL BURN EASILY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:10 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 20 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.